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Cusseta–Chattahoochee commissioners approve three election‑board appointees, adopt 2025 calendar and holiday schedule; attorney announces firm change and rate
Summary
At its Dec. 3 meeting the commission confirmed appointments to the Board of Elections, adopted its 2025 meeting calendar (with a 9 a.m. work‑session schedule) and employee holiday calendar, and heard that the county attorney is moving firms and intends a $325/hr rate effective Jan. 1; vehicle replacement for the sheriff was deferred.
The Unified Government of Cusseta–Chattahoochee County board voted Dec. 3 to adopt routine administrative items and to record several personnel appointments.
Resolutions approved that evening named Nancy Hoard and Valerie Lassiter to the county Board of Elections (terms begin Jan. 1, 2025) and approved the appointment of Crystal Walker to the board; the record shows Commissioner Timothy Biddle recused himself from the vote on Walker’s appointment. The minutes list the resolutions and the terms (Hoard through Dec. 31, 2028; Lassiter through Dec. 31, 2026; Walker through Dec. 31, 2028).
The commission debated scheduling for 2025 work sessions. A motion to set work sessions at 9 a.m. carried after Commissioner Jason Frost voted against the measure and Chairman Charles Coffey cast the tie‑breaking vote; the board then adopted the 2025 meeting calendar to be posted for public notice.
The board also voted unanimously to adopt its 2025 employee holiday calendar.
County Attorney Bin Minter told the board he has joined the law firm Clark Hill and said an engagement letter would be needed to transfer files; he told commissioners his hourly rate will increase to $325 beginning Jan. 1, 2025, and recommended the commission take a formal vote on retention terms. The transcript records that the attorney’s firm change and rate were added to the agenda as a voting item; the record does not show a final recorded vote on retention or the rate during the Dec. 3 regular meeting.
Commissioners and staff discussed the sheriff’s vehicle inventory at a later work session (Dec. 23). County Manager Thomas Weaver provided a vehicle report and said the county’s fleet review showed several vehicles (a Tahoe, multiple interceptors, F‑150 pickups and other cruisers) with differing replacement schedules; attendees clarified which vehicles were in service and which were due for return under lease. After discussion the commission agreed not to add a sheriff‑vehicle replacement as a voting item at that time and asked staff to get further clarification from the sheriff’s office.
Other items on the board’s agenda that night included tabling cemetery bylaws for further review and a short executive session on legal matters.
Resolutions for the appointments and the adopted calendars are recorded in the meeting packet; minutes from the Dec. 3 meeting were subsequently approved in the Jan. 7, 2025 meeting.
